#548258 is a mid-toned, temperate teal-green. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded, with a faded, vintage edge. It carries a legible label as a UI accent and reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #548258 works with other colors. Named schemes with #548258 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Viridian leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Viridian plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Viridian anchors this café scheme as the warm mid-tone, lifted by latte cream and a muted sage accent and grounded by espresso brown and a warm charcoal.
Viridian sets a calm, sun-bleached base here, wrapped in bone and paper off-whites and a soft greige, with a single ink accent for wabi-sabi restraint.
Viridian is the single accent in this high-contrast editorial system — set on near-white paper against near-black ink, with a warm grey and a desaturated tint of Viridian carrying the quiet middle.
How #548258 actually behaves in design work — read from its OKLCH lightness, chroma and hue, not just its raw numbers. Ten signals to help you decide where this color earns its place.
Not a swatch to memorise — a color to build with. Here is #548258 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #548258;
--color-base-rgb: 84 130 88;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(56.2% 0.082 146.5);
--color-50: #F6F9F6;
--color-100: #E6EFE7;
--color-200: #CEDFCF;
--color-300: #AAC5AC;
--color-400: #88AA8B;
--color-500: #688D6B;
--color-600: #546E56;
--color-700: #3F5040;
--color-800: #2B352C;
--color-900: #1C211C;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
viridian: {
50: '#F6F9F6',
100: '#E6EFE7',
200: '#CEDFCF',
300: '#AAC5AC',
400: '#88AA8B',
500: '#688D6B',
600: '#546E56',
700: '#3F5040',
800: '#2B352C',
900: '#1C211C',
},
}
$base: #548258; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F6F9F6; $base-100: #E6EFE7; $base-200: #CEDFCF; $base-300: #AAC5AC; $base-400: #88AA8B; $base-500: #688D6B; $base-600: #546E56; $base-700: #3F5040; $base-800: #2B352C; $base-900: #1C211C; $base-hover: #446847; $base-subtle: #CCDACD;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#548258",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F6F9F6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E6EFE7",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#CEDFCF",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#AAC5AC",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#88AA8B",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#688D6B",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#546E56",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#3F5040",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#2B352C",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1C211C",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}